The Vanishing of John Ruffo
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The Vanishing of John Ruffo
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Summary
In 1998, John Ruffo, a charismatic New York businessman, was due to begin a 17-year sentence for a staggering $350 million bank fraud. He drove to an ATM, withdrew a few hundred dollars, abandoned his car at JFK airport, and simply vanished.
This episode dives into the story of one of America's most audacious scams and one of its most elusive fugitives. We uncover how Ruffo and his partner, Edward Reiners, conned international banks with a fictitious tech project, and then explore the decades-long manhunt that followed Ruffo's disappearance. For over 25 years, the U.S. Marshals have chased his shadow across the globe.
How does a man carrying a 210-month prison sentence manage to disappear without a trace? This is the story of the con man who pulled off one final, unbelievable vanishing act.